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Alpha
Mar 31, 2011, 12:14 PM
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Official sources: http://www.metaefficient.com/news/the-tallest-wind-turbines-in-the-us-installed-in-texas.html
Unofficial sources:

Building Name: Snyder Vestas 90 Wind Turbines
Native Name:
Other Names:
Streert Address:
City: Snyder
Postal Code:
State/Province: Texas
Country: United States
Official Building Website URL:
Wikipedia.org URL:
Skyscrapers.com (Emporis.com) URL:
CTBUH.org URL :
Structurae.de URL:
Architect: Vestas
Interesting Facts/Records (in own words): Tallest wind turbines in USA. Generation capacity: 3 MW.
Coordinates (with decimal fraction):


Heights--
PLEASE PROVIDE SOURCES FOR HEIGHTS, OTHERWISE WE WILL ASSUME THEY ARE ESTIMATES AND HEIGHTS NOT BE SHOWN.
- antenna:
- spire: 150 metres
- roof:
- top floor:
- other heights: axis: 105 metres


Current Building Status (Built, Proposed, Canceled, Destroyed, etc...): Built

Construction Dates--
- started:
- finished:
- destroyed:


Above ground floors:
Below ground floors:
Floor-to-floor height:
Gross Floor area:
Elevator count:
Unit count: 1

Structure Type(s): Tower
Building Use(s): Electrical
Building Style(s):
Building Materials: Steel

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City Name: Snyder
Native Name:
State/Province: Texas
Country: United States
Population: 10783
Population Source & Year: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snyder,_Texas ( 2000)

Trantor
Mar 31, 2011, 2:48 PM
in the US I dont know, but in Brazil its in the Osório Wind Park... turbine height is 98 meters, and the blades are 35 meters long, so when a blade is upright, the total height of the structure is 133 meters.

Alpha
Mar 31, 2011, 3:01 PM
World's tallest is
http://skyscraperpage.com/diagrams/?buildingID=56835

Artemco
Apr 12, 2011, 8:02 AM
http://skyscraperpage.com/cities/?buildingID=94267
the Vestas V90 turbines are 345 feet high
=105 m but isn't it a spire?



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